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Panama and Peru Trip, 2008
Mrs. Laura Bush smiles as she holds a child during a visit Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, to the San Clemente Health Center in San Clemente, Peru. The center serves an average of 80 patients a day in the town of 25,000 located six miles north of Pisco, the site of the August 2007, 8.0-magnitude earthquake.
Mrs. Laura Bush smiles as she holds a child during a visit Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, to the San Clemente Health Center in San Clemente, Peru. The center serves an average of 80 patients a day in the town of 25,000 located six miles north of Pisco, the site of the August 2007, 8.0-magnitude earthquake.
Mrs. Laura Bush spends a moment with Ms. Robalba Robinson, a breast cancer patient recovering from recent reconstructive surgery, during a visit Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, to the National Oncology Institute in Panama City. Joining her is Mrs. Vivian Fernandez de Torrijos, First Lady of Panama, in pink, and Dr. Rosario Turner, Panama's Minister of Health. The man at right is unidentified. Mrs. Laura Bush participates in an informal discussion Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, during a visit to the National Oncology Institute in Panama City. With her are, from left: Ms. Maria Victoria Gonzalez, breast cancer patient; Mrs. Bush; Mrs. Vivian Fernandez de Torrijos, First Lady of Panama, and Ms. Silka Delgado, breast cancer patient.
Mrs. Laura Bush waves goodbye as she departs the National Oncology Institute in Panama City Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Earlier, Mrs. Bush announced the U.S.-Panama Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research. Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related death among women in Panama, with 40 out of 100,000 women diagnosed each year. Mrs. Laura Bush hugs a young girl after she was presented with a bouquet of flowers upon her arrival welcome to the San Clemente Health Center Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, in San Clemente, Peru. Mrs. Bush visited the center and participated in interactive demonstrations depicting community-based health training.
Mrs. Laura Bush and Ms. Nancy Quispitupa, Program Manager and Community Trainer, watch as 8-year-old William Sebastian Hernandez Jeri demonstrates learned hand-washing techniques Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at the San Clemente Health Center in San Clemente, Peru. The center is the town's major health provider and serves an average of 80 patients per day. A very proud 8-year-old William Sebastian Hernandez Jeri holds up his hand to show how clean it is after demonstrating hand-washing techniques Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, for Mrs. Laura Bush at the San Clemente Health Center in San Clemente, Peru. Looking on is Ms. Nancy Quispitupa, Program Manager and Community Trainer
Mrs. Laura Bush looks on Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, as Ms. Maria Salguero Trillo, Community Health Educator Volunteer at the San Clemente Health Center in San Clemente, Peru, demonstrates how families are trained to treat contaminated water for safe drinking. In the town of 25,000, nearly 89 percent of the homes were affected by the August 2007, 8.0-magnitude earthquake. Mrs. Laura Bush smiles as she holds a child during a visit Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, to the San Clemente Health Center in San Clemente, Peru. The center serves an average of 80 patients a day in the town of 25,000 located six miles north of Pisco, the site of the August 2007, 8.0-magnitude earthquake.
Mrs. Laura Bush stands for photographs on the steps of the Government Palace Residence Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, with spouses of APEC leaders following a breakfast hosted by Mrs. Pilar Nores de Garcia, First Lady of Peru, in Lima. With her, from left are: Madam Ho, Spouse of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore; Mrs. Kristiani Herawati, spouse of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono; Mrs. Bush; Mrs. Pilar Nores Bodereau de Garcia, spouse of Peru's President Alan Garcia; Mrs. Kim Yoon-ok, spouse of President Lee Myung-bak; Mrs. Rosmah Mansor, spouse of Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, and Mrs. Chikako Aso, wife of Prime Minister Taro Aso of Japan. Mrs. Laura Bush and Ms. Barbara Bush stand inside the Pachacamac Archaeological Site in Lurin, Peru, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, during a tour of the ruins as part of the APEC Spouses Program. The site site Pachacamac is a complex of adobe pyramids in the Lurin valley, on Peru's central coast, and dates from AD 200.
Greeters in traditional clothing welcome the APEC spouses to the Pachacamac Archaeological Site in Lurin, Peru, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, during the APEC spouses program. The site is home to the temples of the deity, Pachacamac, who was adored by Andean civilizations as the creator of the universe. Pachacamac means: "He who enlivens the universe." Mrs. Laura Bush listens as an artist describes his work Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, at the conclusion of the APEC spouses' tour of the Pachacamac Archaeological Site in Lurin, Peru.

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